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Nottm Forest vs Leeds: match report

Nottingham Forest hosted Leeds United at The City Ground on Tuesday 25 August 2026, in the Carabao Cup (round 2). Andrew Kitchen is the referee, averaging 3.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Nottm Forest 0-2 Leeds. Goals: Daniel James 50' for Leeds; James Justin 75' for Leeds. Attendance: 24,542.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 26' Yellow card: Ao Tanaka (Leeds)
  • 46' Yellow card: Xaver Schlager (Nottm Forest)
  • 50' Goal: Daniel James (Leeds) 0-1
  • 67' Yellow card: Sean Longstaff (Leeds)
  • 73' Yellow card: Jair Paula (Nottm Forest)
  • 75' Goal: James Justin (Leeds) 0-2
  • 79' Yellow card: Murillo (Nottm Forest)
  • 84' Yellow card: Nicolás Domínguez (Nottm Forest)
  • 86' Yellow card: Ethan Ampadu (Leeds)
Match stats (contains the result)
50.3%Possession49.7%
8Shots13
3Shots on target5
3Corners2
15Fouls12
1Offsides1
3Saves2
4Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Nottm Forest 3-4-2-1

Coach: Oliver Glasner

  1. 26 Matz Sels GK
  2. 2 Ousmane Diomande DEF
  3. 31 Nikola Milenković DEF
  4. 23 Jair Cunha DEF
  5. 34 Ola Aina DEF
  6. 21 Xaver Schlager MID
  7. 8 Nicolás Dominguez MID
  8. 3 Neco Williams DEF
  9. 11 Igor Jesus FWD
  10. 15 Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga FWD
  11. 9 Chris Wood FWD

Bench

  • 5 Murillo DEF
  • 7 Callum Hudson-Odoi FWD
  • 14 Dan Ndoye FWD
  • 25 Luca Netz MID
  • 20 Omari Hutchinson FWD
  • 12 John Victor GK
  • 44 Zach Abbott DEF
  • 6 Ibrahim Sangaré MID
  • 24 James McAtee MID

Leeds 3-4-2-1

Coach: Daniel Farke

  1. 1 James Trafford GK
  2. 6 Joe Rodon DEF
  3. 30 Nico Elvedi DEF
  4. 5 Tarik Muharemović DEF
  5. 7 Daniel James MID
  6. 4 Ethan Ampadu MID
  7. 22 Ao Tanaka MID
  8. 24 James Justin DEF
  9. 8 Sean Longstaff MID
  10. 19 Noah Okafor FWD
  11. 14 Lukas Nmecha FWD

Bench

  • 11 Brenden Aaronson MID
  • 10 Harry Wilson FWD
  • 18 Anton Stach MID
  • 2 Jayden Bogle MID
  • 9 Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD
  • 23 Lucas Perri GK
  • 15 Jaka Bijol DEF
  • 65 Jayden Lienou DEF
  • 50 Alfie Cresswell MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 22 August 2026: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Leeds United
  • Friday 6 February 2026: Leeds United 3-1 Nottingham Forest
  • Sunday 9 November 2025: Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United
  • Tuesday 4 April 2023: Leeds United 2-1 Nottingham Forest
  • Sunday 5 February 2023: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Leeds United